"make something noteworthy" — interesting choice of words. Nothing is noteworthy until Svbtle chooses to take note of it.
Svbtle is hiring to build the future of news and opinion on the web
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#22Err....what? Am I missing something here? While I know Dustin is a "design genius"...did he raise some money or is there some monetization plan (in the short term) that I am not aware of?
I mean, I fully agree with the premise of the current state of journalism.
This solution does seem awesome - it's one of the reasons I love The Economist.
But as a potential writer, I am not keen on necessarily jumping into something where I don't know what the future might look like.
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#23Beautiful format and great bloggers. I love the sheer simplicity of the site and focus on quality content. Every time I'm linked to Svbtle blog I am really genuinely interested on what the writer has to offer because you've done a great job of maintaining quality. Looking forward to these new writers!
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#24So I'm just a simple country lad who doesn't understand the big silicon valley city, but I really don't get svbtle. This is coming from someone who is (I imagine) part of 'the masses' who has been linked posts from there but otherwise has no involvement. It's.. a curated collection of blogs? Why can't you just have a blog? I've probably been linked a dozen or so blogs inside that network (always from HN, I've never n…
I agree, something about it is pretentious. The title of svbtle.com is 'Svbtle : The essence of blogging' which reminds me of that advert in Zoolander where Derrick is advertising some sort of male facecream.
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#25So I'm just a simple country lad who doesn't understand the big silicon valley city, but I really don't get svbtle. This is coming from someone who is (I imagine) part of 'the masses' who has been linked posts from there but otherwise has no involvement. It's.. a curated collection of blogs? Why can't you just have a blog? I've probably been linked a dozen or so blogs inside that network (always from HN, I've never n…
I actually came here to post the exact opposite comment. I love all of the writers on svbtle, especially the ones that are linked often on HN (dcurtis, caldwell, etc), and I love the design.
So that's cool, different strokes for different folks and all that, and I didn't want my trace-negative (it really is very small) opinion to be the main point.
My question to you is, has the fact that it's on Svbtle changed anything about it? Do you know follow everyone on that network because you presume they will be good?
So: if I was a great writer and I made a site that looked as nice would I be better or worse off compared to if I was under Svtble's umbrella?
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#26So I'm just a simple country lad who doesn't understand the big silicon valley city, but I really don't get svbtle. This is coming from someone who is (I imagine) part of 'the masses' who has been linked posts from there but otherwise has no involvement. It's.. a curated collection of blogs? Why can't you just have a blog? I've probably been linked a dozen or so blogs inside that network (always from HN, I've never n…
Even worse, it's a curated collection of blogs...that all look the same!
Dave McClure posted a really thoughtful post about late bloomers recently, and the general reaction was "Wait...Dave McClure wrote that?" Yeah, you can't tell, because his blog looks exactly like 20+ other ones! This is the same pet peeve I had with WPTouch...everything looks the same and it destroys branding. (Not hoity-toity Fortune 500 company "branding"--just your picture on the blog, or something that indicates your blog is written by, you know, you, and not some anonymous random person. Especially when you are Dave McClure.)
To add a constructive point to this: http://jobs.problogger.net/ is a way, WAY better place to hire writers than a Hacker News post. We posted a job opening for some writers on there and got back some amazing resumes, including people who had media credentials galore and who had written for top newspapers and magazines. This seems like it'd be right up Svbtle's alley.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
I actually came here to post the exact opposite comment. I love all of the writers on svbtle, especially the ones that are linked often on HN (dcurtis, caldwell, etc), and I love the design.
So that's cool, different strokes for different folks and all that, and I didn't want my trace-negative (it really is very small) opinion to be the main point. My question to you is, has the fact that it's on Svbtle changed anything about it? Do you know follow everyone on that network because you presume they will be good? So: if I was a great writer and I made a site that looked as nice would I be better or worse o…
> So: if I was a great writer and I made a site that looked as nice would I be better or worse off compared to if I was under Svtble's umbrella?
It's a judgement the individual has to make: do the potential discovery/cross-promotion benefits (which do not seem to be clear just now) of Svbtle outweight the potential issue with getting buried amongst a sea of other great writers?
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
So that's cool, different strokes for different folks and all that, and I didn't want my trace-negative (it really is very small) opinion to be the main point. My question to you is, has the fact that it's on Svbtle changed anything about it? Do you know follow everyone on that network because you presume they will be good? So: if I was a great writer and I made a site that looked as nice would I be better or worse o…
> So: if I was a great writer and I made a site that looked as nice would I be better or worse off compared to if I was under Svtble's umbrella? It's a judgement the individual has to make: do the potential discovery/cross-promotion benefits (which do not seem to be clear just now) of Svbtle outweight the potential issue with getting buried amongst a sea of other great writers?
Although there's nothing stopping a writer from promoting their Svtble blog to their own existing/narrow audience - who may not know or even care that it is part of a wider network.
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
No, but if you'd like to make a bet on it, and are happy to lose money, I'm probably happy to put $500 on the line, winnings to charity (mine's Partners In Health). What would you like the terms to be?
Sure! 36 months to deadpool. I'd do $200 to NGLTF.
Are you you assuming they won't pivot if necessary?
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#30So I'm just a simple country lad who doesn't understand the big silicon valley city, but I really don't get svbtle. This is coming from someone who is (I imagine) part of 'the masses' who has been linked posts from there but otherwise has no involvement. It's.. a curated collection of blogs? Why can't you just have a blog? I've probably been linked a dozen or so blogs inside that network (always from HN, I've never n…
The benefit is mostly for the bloggers.
They get a UI which is custom-designed to focus on writing and little else. Dustin Curtis explains it here - http://dcurt.is/codename-svbtle